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BOA Meeting September 11, 2014 5 Minutes of the Lexington Zoning Board of Appeals Selectmen’s Meeting Room September 11, 2014 Board Members Present: Chairman – Martha C. Wood, Jeanne K. Krieger, Edward D. McCarthy, Leo P. McSweeney and David G. Williams Associate Member sitting as an Alternate: Ralph D. Clifford Administrative Staff: Dianne Cornaro, Clerk and David George, Zoning Administrator Address: 103 Gleason Road, Map 78, Lot 180 The petitioner submitted the following information with the applications: nature and justification of request, plot plan, photographs and shed plans and specifications. Prior to the hearing, the petitions and supporting data were reviewed by the Building Commissioner, Conservation Administrator, Town Engineer, Board of Selectmen, the Zoning Administrator, the Planning Director, Economic Development; the Historic District Commission Clerk and the Zoning Administrator. Comments were received from the Zoning Administrator. The petitioner requested a SPECIAL PERMIT in accordance with 135-8.4.2 and 135- 9.4.2 of the Zoning Bylaw to allow an increase in a conforming nature of lot (addition of shed on lot). The Chairman opened the hearing at 8:00 pm by reading the legal notices and described information received from the petitioner. Vivek Pawar, owner of the property, presented the petition. There were no questions from the Board or from the audience. No one spoke in favor or in opposition to the petition. The Chairwoman closed the hearing at 8:02 pm. On a motion by Jeanne K. Krieger and seconded by Edward. D. McCarthy, the Board voted 5-0, to grant a SPECIAL PERMIT, from Ch. 135 of the Code of the Town of Lexington (Zoning By-Law) in accordance with §135-8.4.2 and § 135-9.4, to allow increase in the nonconforming nature of the lot (addition of a shed on the lot) subject to the following: 1. The shed shall be located in substantial conformance with the certified plot plan submitted with the application, but shall not be located closer than 5 ft. to any adjacent lot line. 2. The shed shall be constructed in substantial compliance with the plans submitted with the application. Submitted by: Dianne Cornaro, Administrative Clerk